Studio portrait of Elaine Brown holding her daughter Carter in her lap.
Elaine Carter Brown (1943- ) taught in the New Hanover County school system for many years. Carter Brown (1974- ) is a native of Wilmington, NC.

Astronauts--United States; Retired military personnel; United States. Air Force--Airmen

Color photograph of Curtis Brown in astronaut uniform.
Curtis L. Brown (1956- ) was born in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, NC. He served as a pilot and mission commander on over six NASA space flights. He was also inducted into the U.S. Astronaut...

Lydia Knox and Hilburn Gray Johnson.
Lydia Knox (1894-1969) married Hilburn Johnson (1894-1919). They are the grandparents of Elaine Brown. Lydia was born in Martin County, NC and passed away in Virgnia. Hilburn was a farmer and lived in the...

Archibauld Cameron Johnson
Archibauld Cameron Johnson (1850-1913) was born in Sampson County, NC. His first marriage was to Sarah Register (1851-1891). His second marriage was in 1892 to Emmaline Smith (1871-1957) of Bladen County, NC. He is...

Mamie Smith Davis sitting in a chair in someone's front yard in Bladen County, NC.
Mamie Smith Davis (1879- 1965) is the great-grand-aunt of Elaine Brown. She lived in Bladen County, and is buried in Cypress Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Wilmington City Detective W. C. Brown leaves the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, NC after testifying in the post conviction hearing of the Wilmington Ten. W.C. Brown denied that he bribed Eric Junious with a mini-bike in exchange for his...

Color photograph of Elaine Brown on Faculty Hat Day. Elaine C. Brown (1943- ) taught for 36 years, 15 of them at Myrtle Grove Middle School as the Language Arts teacher. She is a member of the women educator's sorority, Alpha Kappa Delta, Delta...

On any given afternoon, the cab stand at the corner of Nixon and Brown street is the place for the Brooklyn neighborhood checker players. This particular afternoon was a little wet, so the crowd was down. Here, Lloyd McKoy and Gerald Brown take...

Queen Anne style courthouse built as seat of government for New Hanover County at a cost of $72,000. Cornerstone laid on April 20, 1891. Superior Court first met here on April 17, 1893. Renovation begun in 1986; rededicated 1988.

Greek Revival style house built as rental property for Thomas W. Brown (1803-1872), native of New York, jeweler, watch maker, and silversmith; and wife, Sarah Elizabeth Beebe (1819-1898). Purchased in 1913 and moved from Walnut Street by James M....

Basement timbers indicate house was here prior to the American Revolution. Robert Wells purchased this property in 1773. John Brown married Annabella Wells and lived here for many years. Property inherited by Columbia Brown Lord in 1857. Remained...